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Wayne County clerk requests seven positions to handle automatic set-aside and juvenile‑lifer work; committee approves clerk budget
Summary
The county clerk told the committee that two mandated, unfunded programs — an automatic set-aside (expungement) process and work related to juvenile lifers — require at least seven additional positions; the committee moved to pass the clerk’s recommended budget by voice vote.
At a Sept. 24, 2025, Wayne County Commission Committee on Ways and Means hearing, the county clerk asked commissioners for at least seven additional positions to handle two mandated and unfunded responsibilities tied to the automatic set‑aside process (expungements) and work related to juvenile lifers. The committee approved the clerk’s recommended budget by voice vote.
The request matters because the automatic set‑aside process for juvenile and adult expungements (a procedural change cited by the clerk as in effect since 2023) and more recent juvenile‑lifer workload have substantially increased the clerk’s office workload. The clerk said those programs have created a de facto new division of work and are being handled currently by a small team across multiple…
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